Secretary of State (Sport)

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The Secretary of State (Sport) is a Canadian Minister of State who is responsible for overseeing Sport Canada. The current minister is Helena Guergis.

The specific name of the ministerial designation has changed many times since the position was introduced in 1961. The title "Secretary of State (Sport)" was introduced in January 2007, when Guergis was appointed to the position.

[edit] Ministers

  Name Party Took Office Left Office
     Jay Waldo Monteith
 Progressive Conservative September 29, 1961 April 21, 1963
     Judy LaMarsh
 Liberal April 22, 1963 December 17, 1965
     Allan MacEachen
 Liberal December 18, 1965 July 5, 1968
     John Munro
 Liberal July 6, 1968 November 26, 1972
     Marc Lalonde
 Liberal November 27, 1972 September 14, 1976
     Iona Campagnolo
 Liberal September 15, 1976 June 3, 1979
     Steve Paproski
 Progressive Conservative June 4, 1979 March 2, 1980
     Gerald Regan
 Liberal March 3, 1980 September 29, 1982
     Raymond Perrault
 Liberal September 30, 1982 August 11, 1983
     Celine Hervieux-Payette
 Liberal August 12, 1983 January 9, 1984
     Joseph Olivier
 Liberal January 10, 1984 June 29, 1984
     Jean Lapierre
 Liberal June 30, 1984 September 16, 1984
     Otto Jelinek
 Progressive Conservative September 17, 1984 March 30, 1988
     Jean Charest
 Progressive Conservative March 31, 1988 January 23, 1990
     Perrin Beatty
 Progressive Conservative January 24, 1990 February 22, 1990
     Marcel Danis
 Progressive Conservative February 23, 1990 April 20, 1991
     Pierre Cadieux
 Progressive Conservative April 21, 1991 June 24, 1993
     Mary Collins
 Progressive Conservative June 25, 1993 November 3, 1993
     Diane Marleau
 Liberal November 4, 1993 January 24, 1996
     David Dingwall
 Liberal January 25, 1996 July 11, 1996
     Sheila Copps
 Liberal July 12, 1996 August 2, 1999
     Denis Coderre
 Liberal August 3, 1999 January 14, 2002
     Paul Devillers
 Liberal January 15, 2002 December 11, 2003
     Stan Keyes
 Liberal December 12, 2003 July 19, 2004
     Stephen Owen
 Liberal July 20, 2004 February 5, 2006
     Michael Chong
 Conservative February 6, 2006 November 26, 2006
     Peter Van Loan
 Conservative November 27, 2006 January 3, 2007
     Helena Guergis
 Conservative January 4, 2007 incumbent
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